Overflow

“On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.””

John 7: 37 – 38 (New King James version)

When I read this verse this is the image that just pops into my head… An overflow out of us ! Just imagine a river flowing out of you, the source of which is Jesus… His Spirit just overflowing … Its just flowing everywhere around you and people who come across you are blessed. And the more we drink of the source , the more we spend time in His presence the greater the flow….

Wow ! Isn’t that amazing ! That’s the life we are called to live ! One of an overflow of His Spirit ! And all we need to do is come to Him !

When we walk with such an overflow by His grace its amazing to see how God changes the lives of the people around us. Most of you know and have prayed for my mom’s health. Its nearly a year since she was first diagnosed of Cancer . And today by God’s grace she stands cancer free. She had lost her hair because of the chemotherapy . But you should see her now

As I was on my way to the office this morning , as always I call up my mom and this is what she shared with me. When she first looked at herself in the mirror post the chemo (her hair was totally gone and her face was all bloated from the heavy medications) she said her heart broke for a moment . She even got a little scared of herself when she looked into a mirror. Such a drastic change in an instant. That feeling was however just for a second. And my mom just committed everything to God and knew that He is greater than anything and everything. And she was back to her usual cheerful self.

Well its been a year now and yesterday a lady goes up to my mom and says ‘What’s the secret for your hair? Its so thick and nice?’ my mom replied ‘Ask Him ! Its all Him !!’ :-) And I have heard several people ask my mom about her hair over the past couple of months and my Mom shares her testimony and the word of God . Isn’t our God o so awesome ! Amazing isn’t it ? Hair as a testimony !! Oh God will use everything of us when there is an overflow … and there is an overflow when we let Him and surrender to Him and seek Him with all that we are.

Its just hair ! Seems so silly to think of it . But when even that is committed into His hands , He can use that also for His glory ! I wonder what the boy with five loaves and two fish thought. I wonder if he felt silly when what he had seemed insignificant in the midst of five thousand men plus who knows how many women and children ! But when it went into His hands wow ! Overflow to the point of twelve baskets full to be carried ! Any mathematicians in the loop who would like to do this calculation ? :-)

And this is what the Lord has put on my heart to share this morning … When we seek Him with all that we are , when we live a life of obedience to Him and allow Him to take full control … Oh there is such an overflow !! When people even walk past us they will feel convicted of sins , when we pray there will be healing and deliverance…
Wondering if this is Biblical ? We read in Acts 5: 15 of people wanting just for the shadow of Peter to fall on them to be healed . Was there anything special about Peter by himself ? No ! But what made the difference ? The overflow ! He walked a life of total surrender to Him and the river just flowed and flowed and flowed ….

Acts 19: 12 says even the handkerchiefs that had touched Paul were carried to the sick and they were healed and for some evil spirits left them.

Oh may we walk a life of overflow from this moment forth. Do not limit what God can do. Do not look at your own self and think ‘I am useless’ because you know what ? By our own selves yes we are useless !! Our righteousness itself is that of filthy rags ! Yes we cannot do anything ! And we are not called to do anything on our own ! We are called to surrender to Him and have Him flow through us. Have Him direct us , Have Him lead the way , Have Him make the crooked ways straight .. it is He who heals the broken hearted , it is He who sets the captives free…. Its is HE !! All we need to do is surrender and obey !

God Bless

His Grace ... thats all we ever need !

Praise the Lord !

Here is a short testimony from my end

(1st Dec 2009) Tuesday : Was warned in a dream about an attack from the devil

Wednesday : Celebrated my Bday by God’s grace. God gave me victory in my Demo with an important client. Started feeling weak.

Thursday : Early morning was running fever. Took a tablet and drove the car from Chennai to Vellore. Vomited twice on the way and brought out blood. Kept halting the car in between for a break because was too exhausted to drive. Reached home safe by God’s grace. In the evening vomited only blood ! Was rushed to CMC Casualty . Tests were being run , medicines were being sent via the IV line and my Hemoglobin count began to drop drastically ! The doctors started making arrangements for a blood transfusion for me. It was almost midnight

Friday : Our God is awesome and He never lets go of us. He let me know that blood count would rise and I would not need a transfusion. And true enough as they kept monitoring my hemoglobin count in the very next test it went up ! No blood transfusion required. Praise the Lord ! Then the doctors wanted to do an endoscopy to see for the source of any internal bleeding. And I prayed “Lord I don’t care if there were already things wrong (ulcers, …) in my stomach but now You heal it “ And the Lord told me ‘You will only find a small laceration in the stomach line. So do not worry”.

True enough when the doctors did the test they were so surprised to see that everything was normal. The only thing they found was a tiny small negligible graze (laceration) on my stomach which was there due to the strain of vomiting and nothing else.

The fever continued to keep rising side by side and my head pounded.

But unfortunately for the devil prayers and praise also kept rising ! Many men and women of God remembered me in prayers

Saturday : I woke up after having seen in a dream that this attack of satan has been broken . Its over. True enough by God’s grace Friday evening was the last time the fever would ever touch my body
I woke up all fresh and energetic with a word from God and sat with my Bible as good as I can ever be ! Every single test that was carried out came back negative ! The doctors had nothing to say other than ‘so when do you want to be discharged?’

Sunday : I am sitting at home, typing this out to you and am now gonna get ready and leave for church !!

HIS GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR US !!

PRAISE THE LORD

He is Always there !

** Praise the Lord my dear brothers and sisters in Christ ,

I was reading the book of Daniel this morning and I marveled at how wonderful our God is… His timings are just so perfect and His grace is astounding ! He is always always holding us so close to Him … how wonderful how glorious is our Father ! This morning let us thank God for loving us so much !

Below is a testimony that was sent two days ago from a sister from our church who is currently right now in the USA . I am leaving her email id available (joannaisaac@yahoo.com) so that you may rejoice with her and praise the Lord together . And also those who have questions, who would like to know more about our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ or if you going through tough times and need prayers do feel free to mail in your prayer requests to us. But above all ensure that your hope lies in Jesus Christ the only true God .

God Bless

From August I have been suffering from severe back pain only to find out that I had a bad case of disc prolapse or herniation. This began in India 2 months after my wedding. It was so bad that I was walking with a bent back and a left alignment to my body and soon i was using a wheelchair.Since i arrived in the Pittsburgh, USA a week ago to see my family I have tried many alternative treatments for my disc prolapse trying to avoid surgery to the maximum. But God had it all planned differently. I know this is long but if i dont share this with you, i would not be giving Jesus the glory and honor he deserves so please read this on.On sunday, october 25, i went to and returned from church in a wheelchair. latr that afternoon i was resting, abt an hour later i woke up with a shock wave all over my body. my whole body was in excruciating pain and i could not get up. i had a paralytic attack. my legs hips and everything was paralyzed. i was passing out and feeling nauseous. my dad was in virginia preaching in a church since he is a pastor. my mom was sleeping in her bedroom. i started screamin her name. she came and obviously she cant carry me. we didnt know what to do. so god gave us the wisdom. we called 911 and the paramedics ambulance came and took me to the emergency room. they gave me atleast 3 shots of painkiller shots and i still didnt feel drowsy. so they sedated me heavily. meanwhile my mom, grandmom and an indian couple who are close spiritual friends were with me in the ER. after the painfluid shots were given, i tangibly felt the devil pressing on my chest and strangling my neck with his fingers whispering in my ear that "i am going to kill you" but i was not afraid. in fact i sensed fear in his voice because he knew he cannot harm me since jesus is in me and he is greater and the devil is powerless against him. so i told my mom that. immediately my mom and my friends laid their hands on my head and neck and started praying for me. they rebuked satan. i fell asleep because of the sedation. they did an MRI scan on me and admitted me in hospital saying i had to immediately undergo surgery by monday morning or else i will be paralyzed for life.Dr. Joseph Maroon is a famous and one of the top 5 doctors in USA. he is the official doctor for many american football team members and also for the WWF superstars like John Cena. He was the neurosurgeon who was gonna do the surgery for me. normally he does not see his patients before or after the surgery. but for some reason he started having a special bond for me. first in my hospital room he came to check on me. later before i was in the pre-operation waiting room where he came to see me. i asked him permission if i could pray b4 he started surgery. so he asked me "are you a christian?" i said yes. so he said "so am i" immediately he held my hands and prayed for me and i also prayed for him. we prayed together. MEANWHILE I WAS SINGING SONGS OF WORSHIP BEFORE THE OPERATION. once we were in the operation room i was given heavy general anesthesia and i was out cold unconscious. the next time i opened my eyes i was in the recovery room after the surgery was over. in the post-operation recovery room i woke up with nausea and i was throwing up. and at that time i remembered I REALLY SAW JESUS standing next to my surgery table smiling at me when i was anesthetized. i saw him although i was unconscious and i dont know who i was speaking to but i was asking one of the doctors or nurses "do you see jesus standing there?" and someone even replied to me "you see jesus standing? where?" and im like "he's standing right there." I WAS NOT DREAMING OR HALLUCINATING. I SAW JESUS IN ALL HIS GLORY AND SPLENDOR SMILING AT ME. later in the recovery room one of the assistant doctors came to see me and i asked him that i want to see Dr. maroon. all the nurses laughed at me coz he is a big doctor and he jsut doesn't come and see patients according to their demands. but you know maybe im not a superstar but i am god's child so lo and behold as they were laughing at me dr. maroon himself walks in to see me. this is what he said to me, "I have never seen the nastiest, the worst, the biggest and the most dangerous herniated disc in all my of my career as a doctor. your disc herniation was the size of a large shrimp or a big green grape that had completely crushed your nerve in to a U-shape. if you had not come in at the right time you would have been paralyzed for life. but at the same time yours was the riskiest operation. since your nerves were crushed by the disc hernia, trying to remove that disc could have torn or cut the nerve. in that case you would have either died or been paralyzed for the rest of your life. BUT THE FACT IS YOUR SURGERY WAS 100% SUCCESSFUL WITH NO COMPLICATIONS OR RISKS. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY FINE" Then i told him "Dr maroon i saw jesus standing next to the surgery table." and you know what he said. he said "YOU'RE RIGHT I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I SAW JESUS HOLDING MY HANDS TO DO YOUR SURGERY" my family rejoiced hearing that testimony and i knew god's hand was upon me protecting me although the devil was out there to destroy my body and soul. I got discharged today and i got back home about 4 hrs ago. i still have some post-operative pain and weakness in my legs which will get better in the next 4 to 6 weeks with physiotherapy exercises and soon i will be perfectly normal dancing singing and serving the lord once again like before and doing all the normal stuff.This I know for sure. The last 3 months were horrible. satan had asked god to do this to me to destroy me. but god having great faith in me allowed it and at the same time gave me the strength to endure it. i am an overcomer, a conqueror and co-heir with christ. so in the last 3 months of trial, weakness and pain, god protected me and has healed me through the gifted hands of a doctor. once again he has revealed his love and grace to me. god allowed this trial to make me a big testimony to the whole world. GOD HAS CHOSEN ME FOR MINISTRY AROUND THE WORLD BUT SATAN WANTED TO STOP IT BY DESRTOYING ME. NOW THAT JESUS HAS HEALED ME, I WILL FOREVER SERVE THE LORD TILL MY LAST BREATH. i have seen the devil and heard him, but i have also seen jesus and heard him and his power was greater than the devils'death was staring right in to my face, but even though i walked through the valley of the shadow of death god was with me and he saved my life once agian. IT IS NO LONGER I WHO LIVES BUT CHRIST WHO LIVES IN ME. i want to thank you for your prayers and support. pls continue to pray as i recover for the next 3 months.

I have attached this is a picture painted by the christian painter nathan greene, i rememberd it as soon as dr, maroon mentioned jesus holding his hands in the OR.

PRAISE GOD FOR ALL HE HAS DONE.

Please share this on with everyone you know. God Bless.
Joanna.